The U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD) has awarded a $1.75 million grant to Ellicott Dredges to help finance expansion for manufacturing dredges. Read More

Hemisphere GPS introduced the new A220 and A221 smart antennas at the ION GNSS 2009 Conference in Savannah Georgia in September. The antennas deliver centimeter-level positioning accuracy for precise guidance machine control and survey applications. Read More

Dr. Robert Randall has scheduled the 39th Dredging Engineering Short Course and Cutter Suction Dredge Simulator Course for January 2010 at Texas A&M University.The short course to be held January 11 through 15 is designed to educate dredge operators in the technicalities of planning and carrying out dredging operations. A maximum of nine participants will be accepted for the course and they will receive approximately three continuing education units (CEUs). Read More

Letters to the Editor

October 20, 2009

Re: J.F. Brennan Uses 335000 Cubic Yards of Aggregates for Capping in Little Lake Buttes des Morts IDR July/August 2009 pp. 6 – 9. Thanks Judith. The article was awesome!… Read More

Dredging Supply Company Inc. (DSC) hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on July 13 2009 to open their new design center a 5800-square-foot building newly-erected behind the companys Thomas J. Wetta III Administration building. Read More